hot-water bottlen.
/hɒtˈwɔːtə ˌbɒtl/, U.S. /hɑtˈwɔdər ˌbɑd(ə)l/ A receptacle, formerly of metal or earthenware, now typically of rubber or a similar material, which is filled with hot water and used for warming a bed, or for applying local heat to the body.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for warming the person
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for warming bed
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1636 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 106 One hot water bottle.
1670 Will of Elioner Cookes (Worcestershire Rec. Office) Two brass Candlesticks one hot water bottle... And one old warmeing pan.
1832 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 26 June The usual care must be taken to promote warmth by..hot water bottles to the feet, and mustard poultices to the chest.
1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) 199 Then she fills a hot water bottle, and last of all she takes him his tea.
1900 J. Vaizey About Peggy Saville xxv. 229 I'd have a fire and an india-rubber hot-water bottle, and I'd lie and sleep.
1930 E. H. Young Miss Mole xv. 83 It was cold in the tram-car..and she wanted to be in bed with a hot-water bottle and something warm to drink.
1972 S. Hynes Edwardian Occasions 169 The narrative is slacker and more trivial, begins to take note of the hot-water bottle and the nine o'clock news.
2004 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Nov. (Central ed.) w13/6 Virgin's kit included pajama-style sleep suits and miniature hot-water bottles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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